hall
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English halle, from Old English heall (“hall, dwelling, house; palace, temple; law-court”), from Proto-Germanic *hallō (“hall”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to hide, conceal”). Cognate with Scots hall, haw (“hall”), Dutch hal (“hall”), German Halle (“hall”), Swedish hall (“hall”), Icelandic höll (“palace”), Latin cella (“room, cell”), Sanskrit (śā́lā, “house, mansion, hall”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- (UK) IPA: /hɔːl/, X-SAMPA: "/hO:l/
- (US) IPA: /hɔl/, X-SAMPA: "/hOl/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA: /hɑl/, X-SAMPA: "/hAl/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔːl
- Homophone: haul
Noun [edit]
hall (plural halls)
- A corridor; a hallway.
- The drinking fountain was out in the hall.
- A meeting room.
- The hotel had three halls for conferences, and two were in use by the convention.
- A manor house (originally because a magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion).
- The duke lived in a great hall overlooking the sea.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Cowell to this entry?)
- A building providing student accommodation at a university.
- The student government hosted several social events so that students from different halls would intermingle.
- The principal room of a secular medieval building.
- (obsolete) Cleared passageway through a crowd.
- Ben Jonson
- A hall! a hall!
- Ben Jonson
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
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Albanian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (compare English shallow, Ancient Greek skellein ‘to dry up’, sklēros ‘hard, harsh’).
Noun [edit]
hall
Danish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From English hall.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: [hɒːl]
Noun [edit]
hall c (singular definite hallen, plural indefinite haller)
- hall (a corridor or a hallway)
Inflection [edit]
Estonian [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
Adjective [edit]
hall (genitive halli, partitive halli)
- grey (color)
Declension [edit]
- This Estonian adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Etymology 2 [edit]
Noun [edit]
hall (genitive halla, partitive halla)
Declension [edit]
| singular | plural | |
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| nominative | hall | hallad |
| genitive | halla | hallade |
| partitive | halla | hallu hallasid |
| illative | halla hallasse |
halladesse |
| inessive | hallas | hallades |
| elative | hallast | halladest |
| allative | hallale | halladele |
| adessive | hallal | halladel |
| ablative | hallalt | halladelt |
| translative | hallaks | halladeks |
| terminative | hallani | halladeni |
| essive | hallana | halladena |
| abessive | hallata | halladeta |
| comitative | hallaga | halladega |
Etymology 3 [edit]
Noun [edit]
hall (genitive halli, partitive halli)
Declension [edit]
- This Estonian noun needs an inflection-table template.
French [edit]
Noun [edit]
hall m (plural halls)
Hungarian [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈhɒlː/
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Proto-Uralic *kule; compare with Finnish kuulla and Ter Sami kullɨd.
Verb [edit]
hall
- to hear
Conjugation [edit]
| Infinitive | hallani | |||||||
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| Past participle | hallott | |||||||
| Present participle | halló | |||||||
| Future participle | hallandó | |||||||
| Adverbial participle | hallva | |||||||
| Potential | hallhat | |||||||
| 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal | 3rd person sg, 2nd person sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal | 3rd person pl, 2nd person pl formal |
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| Indicative Mood | Present | Indefinite | hallok | hallasz | hall | hallunk | hallotok | hallanak |
| Definite | hallom én téged/titeket hallak |
hallod | hallja | halljuk | halljátok | hallják | ||
| Past | Indefinite | hallottam | hallottál | hallott | hallottunk | hallottatok | hallottak | |
| Definite | hallottam én téged/titeket hallottalak |
hallottad | hallotta | hallottuk | hallottátok | hallották | ||
| Conditional Mood | Present | Indefinite | hallanék | hallanál | hallana | hallanánk | hallanátok | hallanának |
| Definite | hallanám én téged/titeket hallanálak |
hallanád | hallaná | hallanánk | hallanátok | hallanák | ||
| Subjunctive Mood | Present | Indefinite | halljak | hallj or halljál |
halljon | halljunk | halljatok | halljanak |
| Definite | halljam én téged/titeket halljalak |
halld or halljad |
hallja | halljuk | halljátok | hallják | ||
| Conjugated Infinitive | hallanom | hallanod | hallania | hallanunk | hallanotok | hallaniuk | ||
Derived terms [edit]
Etymology 2 [edit]
From English ‘hall’.
Noun [edit]
hall (plural hallok)
Declension [edit]
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declension of hall
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Swedish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Old Norse hǫll, from Proto-Germanic *hallō, from Proto-Indo-European *kel. Related to Latin cella and English cellar.[1]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
hall c
Declension [edit]
References [edit]
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms with homophones
- English nouns
- English terms with obsolete senses
- Albanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Albanian nouns
- Danish terms derived from English
- Danish nouns
- Estonian adjectives
- Estonian nouns
- Estonian õrn-type nominals
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- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French countable nouns
- Hungarian terms derived from Proto-Uralic
- Hungarian verbs
- Hungarian terms derived from English
- Hungarian nouns
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Swedish nouns